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I thought that although it was a major events happened, this was a terrible episode in terms of logic. Togekiss it huge compared to Togetic and the opening. All coordinators used the rapidly becoming standard sparkle appeal. Oh, and was the contest unique, or just silly, because Jessie switched battle pokemon from Yanmega to Seviper from semi final to finals. Then when Togekiss breathed in the right directioin, Jessie lost a third of her points. Although luckily, Jessie did end up with the ribbon.

Originally Posted by Alfonso

There isn't one in the intro because they want to surprise us. They're thinking "OK guys, what do the fans who watch Pokemon want MOST of all from the upcoming League?"

The answer, of course, is a generic League Rival introduced JUST before the tournament that will somehow steal the spotlight from Paul, Barry, Nando and Conway!

However they can't reveal it just yet. They want us to let our guards down. They want us to think they've changed by introducing four trainers that would eventually go on to face Ash in the League as opposed to Last Second Rival-son.

I won't rest though. I'll be waiting, and if he does appear, which he will I'll be ready to jump out and punch him in the face.

It was a great episode, both the princess and Dawn changing places, sure we have seen that million times before, but it was fun. Togekiss is so... big, i never noticed this until now, i mean sure the pokedex says how tall it is, but now i know for sure.

It was probably lame that they couldn't give Jessie a fair victory, and earn her 5th ribbon, she already got a free one thanks to James anyway, why? :/ the Princess would been amused even if she lost, she just wanted to take part in a contest! And that's true, Togekiss attacks were brutal, the life bar was so rigged.

Anyway, had lots of fun. I enjoyed the previews of the grand festival, Ursula and everyone is there, can't wait.

I don't know, guys. I have mixed feeling about this episode. In one hand, I didn't want Princess Salvia to win the contest. And in the other hand, I didn't want Jessie to win it either. Princess Salvia should've just let Dawn borrow her Togekiss instead of giving it away like that. If Dawn wants a Togekiss, then she should catch that mischievous Togepi & train it up until evolve. Princess Salvia shouldn't have gave Jessie the ribbon. I really like to see how Jessie is going to get in the Grand Festival when she didn't win her 5th ribbon officially.

I'm betting the judges were either in on it from the beginning or were told afterward. Salvia won because Togetank was ridiculously overpowered and hit Seviper harder than necessary, but the ribbon will still be credited to Jessalina. It would become a massive scandal later on if this were a CW show, but thankfully, it isn't.

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I wonder if Zoey, Kenny, & the other coordinators will be mad at Dawn if they saw the contest

Why would they be mad? As far as I know, they wouldn't know it was Salvia dressed as Dawn just from watching. Even if they found out they would probably think Dawn was very compassionate since she let someone else compete as her.

Togekiss may have surprised them though since they wouldn't think Dawn could train a Togepi and evolve it that quickly lol :P

So the princess who never won a contest before defeats Jessie, gives the overpowered Togekiss to Dawn to use, and then gives Jessie the ribbon?

It's cheap on all sides. Now Dawn gets some powerful Pokemon for literally no reason, and right before the GF is pointless.

Though I agree that Salvia winning her first Contest against a superior Coordinator like Jessie was cheap, I thought the fact that she gave her ribbon away showed that she had a sincere heart which may explain why Togekiss was "attracted" to her.

As for the "pointlessness" of Dawn aquiring a Togekiss. I don't think it's too pointless. Dawn's going to have some stiff competition later on so she needs tougher Pokemon.

So the princess who never won a contest before defeats Jessie, gives the overpowered Togekiss to Dawn to use, and then gives Jessie the ribbon?

It's cheap on all sides. Now Dawn gets some powerful Pokemon for literally no reason, and right before the GF is pointless.

The irony is Jessie lost to a first timer in the Princess under the disguise of Dawn, just like Dawn lost to James under the disguise of Jessie, what goes around comes around. Overall the episode was good up until Jessie got screwed. Togekiss is massive, it could probably fly Dawn and her 4 plush toy Pokemon.

Why would they be mad? As far as I know, they wouldn't know it was Salvia dressed as Dawn just from watching. Even if they found out they would probably think Dawn was very compassionate since she let someone else compete as her.

Togekiss may have surprised them though since they wouldn't think Dawn could train a Togepi and evolve it that quickly lol :P

I know they'd think it was nice of Dawn to do that, butsince as of now they'd just think it was Dawn & not the princess, I thought they'd think it was unfair for her to enter a contest after she already won her 5 ribbons

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-Our heroes find themselves at a contest hall, but Dawn doesn't need to compete for a change!
-A very fancy lady greets the group, and Dawn in particular. Apparently some rich girl wants to see her? Whatever, just get Dawn to the cloning machine already!
-Piplup is shocked at seeing a Dawn clone. Considering its very, very, very weird worldview(particularly when Dawn is involved)...I guess that's to be expected.
-Must not typo Salvia as Saliva. Must not typo Salvia as Saliva.
-Salvia seems to recognize the gang from the Tag Battle tournement, among other things.
-Swapping places with a princess for a day? It's the stereotypical 10 year old girl's dream!
-Haha, Salvia seems a bit embarassed about having to wear Dawn's tiny skirt.
-It's official: Togekiss is huge.
-I don't know why, but it's just wrong seeing Brock carry Piplup around. It's like he's a main character or something.
-Jessie is understandably confused and angry that "Dawn" is trying to get an extra ribbon for no apparent reason.
-Come to think of it, shouldn't there be some limit on registering for contests after you get 5 ribbons? Seems kind of unfair to the other contestants, and you'd think it'd ruin the Grand Festival brackets if odd numbers of people had ribbons thanks to a few people taking more than 5.
-Salvia is doing a terrible job of acting like Dawn instead of a princess!
-I have no idea what Dawn is stuck doing, but it looks rather unpleasant.
-Jessie is seriously not happy that "Dawn" is doing so well.
-Dawn is pretty terrible at being a princess. Who knew there was more to being a pretty princess than standing around and being pretty all day?
-Dawn is also terrible at calling Salvia by the "right" name when she's cheering her on from her Special Princess Contest Guest seat.
-Meanwhile, Jessie is absolutely slaughtering Salvia in battle. But Dawn's Ultra Cliche "Don't Give Up!" Speech gives Salvia the burst of confidence she needs to win! And for Jessie to flip out at there apparently being a second Dawn running around.
-Salvia gives Jessie the ribbon in a surprisingly touching scene. Awww. More importantly, Jessie gets to go on to the Grand Festival! Hell yes!
-And with about 40 seconds left, Salvia just fobs Togekiss off for Dawn to look after. There was so little(as in, NO) buildup to this throughout the episode that I honestly would have been going "what the hell" if I wasn't paying attention to the OP animation and the summaries of future episodes.

-Come to think of it, shouldn't there be some limit on registering for contests after you get 5 ribbons? Seems kind of unfair to the other contestants, and you'd think it'd ruin the Grand Festival brackets if odd numbers of people had ribbons thanks to a few people taking more than 5.

That thought occurred to me as well, especially since unlike gym battles, only a certain amount of contests are held per year. That's why it makes sense that Gary could be able to obtain more than 8 badges per region without annoying anyone, whereas in the contest world, you might be ticking a lot of people off if you were to exceed the minimum.

That thought occurred to me as well, especially since unlike gym battles, only a certain amount of contests are held per year. That's why it makes sense that Gary could be able to obtain more than 8 badges per region without annoying anyone, whereas in the contest world, you might be ticking a lot of people off if you were to exceed the minimum.

maybe they have spare contests? there two case were people can enter in a contest after have five ribbons

1 to try a new pokemon out for a contest, you wouldn't want a pokemon you just caught in a contest without getting them use to contest.

2 if they have a aqua ribbon as it counts as a freebie ribbon in any GF you would like to keep it for when you need it

and plus I think the judges would be in on the act seeing that they Allow Salvia/Dawn to enter or they allow her to enter becuase of the Aqua ribbon

anyway my only question is was the butler in on the act? because when he was about to enter the first time Salvia return Togekiss to her ball right away. and plus he seem to be telling Dawn/Salvia when she was acting out of places.

Totally didn't expect to see Salvia being embarrassed by wearing Dawn's short skirt/dress, that concept has never even been addressed before. And Dawn's scenes in the mansion reminded me a lot of the movie The Princess Diaries, especially the big meal scene where Mia makes one mistake and starts a chain reaction of comedy.

Totally didn't expect to see Salvia being embarrassed by wearing Dawn's short skirt/dress, that concept has never even been addressed before. And Dawn's scenes in the mansion reminded me a lot of the movie The Princess Diaries, especially the big meal scene where Mia makes one mistake and starts a chain reaction of comedy.

Thoroughly enjoyed this episode.

You read my mind lol, I was also going to say that, It also reminded me of The Princess Diaries. But seeing Dawn in this position was quite funny I have to say.
I thought Togekiss and Dawn would seem rushed but it was an excellent story to it and Togekiss' characters unique.

Once again, the writers planned for someone else to finish in this Contest. Well, I mean, of course since this is an animated show and the characters aren't real and have no free will. BUT when this happens, why does it always seem like an underdog is going to win it all and is doing a lot better the entire time, until the very end where PLOT DEVICE comes in and motivates our hero to save the day?

Jessie deserved the win, and good for her that she'll be appearing in the Grand Festival.

Togekiss' battling style is interesting.

It looks absolutely ridiculous standing on it's small little feet.

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Once again, the writers planned for someone else to finish in this Contest. Well, I mean, of course since this is an animated show and the characters aren't real and have no free will. BUT when this happens, why does it always seem like an underdog is going to win it all and is doing a lot better the entire time, until the very end where PLOT DEVICE comes in and motivates our hero to save the day?

Well it happens in all the Anime from Dragonball Z to Digimon. The main character gets some special spirit just when s\he is about to lose and the turns the battle around. At least that doesn't always happens in Ash's case. He has to find a strategy to break into the opponents methods so that he could win. If he fails he lose the battle.

Back when there was speculation on how Dawn was going to get her Togekiss my prediction was that she was either going to catch it or it would be given to her, and I was right about the latter. It was nice that the princess gave Jessie her 5th ribbon because she didn't need to do that. But I'm glad that she did because Jessie deserved to go to the GF and probably would have won that contest if Dawn and the Princess didn't swap. Great episode.